tinkling Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make or emit a high sound
    clink; tink; chink; tinkle.
    • tinkling bells
  2. adjective satellite like the short high ringing sound of a small bell
    tinkly.
    • sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal

WordNet

Tin"kling noun
Definitions
  1. A tinkle, or succession of tinkles.
    Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. Gray.
  2. (Zoöl.) A grackle (Quiscalus crassirostris) native of Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and rids them of insects.

Webster 1913